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PLAYING SPORT REGULARLY ADDS £11,000 TO AVERAGE EARNINGS – Skills Developed Through Sport Improve Employability and Earnings Potential – – Employers Value ‘Soft Skills’ Gained Through Sport over Technical Knowledge held by Graduates – – CBRE Launches Partnership with England Rugby to Encourage More Young People to Take Part in Sport – London, 27 November […]
All remaining Rugby World Cup 2015 tickets will go back on general sale at 12:00 GMT on Friday November 28, 2014. Tickets will be sold in real time, on a first come first served basis, (unlike the application/ballot process which was used for the September general sale), and will be available online only at tickets.rugbyworldcup.com […]
Connacht Rugby and the IRFU are delighted to announce the two-year contract extensions of Darragh Leader and Denis Buckley. Galway-born Leader and Buckley from Roscommon are both graduates of the Connacht Academy and have worked their way up to regular starters in the senior team. Indeed both are in a group of only five squad […]
A typical collision in an NFL game. Retired footballers abuse opioid pain pills at a rate more than four times the general population. Photograph: Christian Petersen/Getty Images. Powerful league under pressure from class action lawsuit and DEA investigation Some former NFL players are alleging that before games they were given Toradol, an anti-inflammatory drug commonly […]
Connacht Rugby and the IRFU are pleased to announce that Niyi Adeolokun has signed a new two year contract which will see him remain at the province until at least June 2017. The 24-year-old signed for Connacht last summer after catching the eye of the provincial coaches whilst playing for Dublin University in division 1B […]
Carrick U16 squad travelled down to Galway today to play Galwegian Blacks in the U16 Development league. Due to injuries, we were slightly under players for the game but Galwegians generously transferred a few of their players for the day so that we could play a 15-a-side match. Sadly, we had to give them […]
Garbally College – Schools Rugby Senior League Champions Marists 7 – 26 Garbally College Congratulations to the Garbally College Senior Rugby team who WON the Connacht Schools Rugby Senior League in Athlone today. They defeated The Marist College in their final league game of the season 26-7. Well done to Mike Devine, Kevin Tierney, Noel […]
BATTLING BALLINASLOE BAG THE POINTS WESTPORT 8—–11 BALLINASLOE Ballinasloe travelled to Westport on Sunday for this Junior 1A league encounter,with a much depleted squad, to take on the local Bulls in their own field. Shorn of the services of seven regulars from the outset, they came away with a highly credible win after a fair […]
